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There are still many 3-2 double deck blackjack games available in Las Vegas, even on the Strip. The games on the Las Vegas Strip start at $10. The locals’ market offers double deck blackjack for as little as $1 at Poker Palace.

If you are looking for double deck blackjack options, you can also try playing online blackjack.

Vegas Double Deck Blackjack

What You Need to Know

Best Las Vegas Strip Double Deck Blackjack

The best double deck blackjack on the Las Vegas Strip is found at several MGM properties and Treasure Island. The game offers double down before and after splitting, as well as the dealer standing on all 17s.

Unlike online blackjack for real money, low-limit tables are tough to find on the strip. The cheapest is at MGM Grand, where players may be able to get in the game for a $25 bet during slow periods and often $50 at most other hours. Players may be able to find the game for $50 at Aria upon request during off-peak hours. This game is available for $25 with the dealer hitting soft 17 at all MGM properties in Las Vegas except MGM Grand and Aria.

Other Vegas Strip Casinos

Treasure Island is an independent casino on the Las Vegas Strip. It offers this double deck game that stands on all 17s for $25 in the high limit salon. The $10 game hits soft 17.

Caesars properties often spread double deck blackjack. While the game pays 3-2, it does not permit double down after splitting, except in high limit. This game will have a $15 or $25 minimum, depending on the property and the time of day. Sam’s Town, Fremont, California and Main Street Station also has these rules but the minimum is usually only $5 or $10.

Best Off-Strip Double Deck Blackjack

The best double deck blackjack spread away from the Las Vegas Strip is also the best overall game in the market. M Resort offers a double deck game with double down before and after splitting and re-split aces. The dealer stands on all 17s. The game usually has a $50 minimum bet posted, but you may be able to get in the game for $25.

There are several $5 double deck blackjack games that have double down on any two cards and after splitting, as well as re-split aces. The dealer hits soft 17 in these games. These tables are found at Arizona Charlie’s, Silverton, Club Fortune, Aliante Casino, and Rampart.

The $5 and $10 double deck blackjack games at Station Casinos have these rules without re-split aces. These rules are also found at The Orleans, Gold Coast, South Point, M Resort, Cannery, Eastside Cannery, Jokers Wild, Golden Nugget (high limit only), Plaza, Downtown Grand, El Cortez, Golden Gate, The D, and Railroad Pass.

Previous Double Deck Blackjack Games Survey

Every year, Las Vegas Casinos update their rule and change tables. That is why every year we go in and make sure you have the latest information so you know where to find the best games. Below you will find the data in previous years on double deck blackjack.

Double Deck Blackjack in Las Vegas

Casino	# of Decks	Min Bet	Max Bet	H/S 17	DA	DAS	RSA	Surrender	# of Tables	6/5 BJ	Video	Exotic	House Hold %
4 Queens	2	10	500	H	Yes	No	No	No	1	No	No	No	0.60225%
Aliante Casino	2	5	500	H	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	12	No	No	No	0.40374%
Aria	2	500	10000	S	Yes	Yes	No	No	5	No	No	No	0.25532%
Aria	2	500	10000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	No	No	BJ Switch	0.45688%
Arizona Charlie’s – Boulder	2	5	500	H	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	3	No	No	No	0.40374%
Bally’s	2	25	2000	H	Yes	No	No	No	3	No	No	No	0.60225%
Boulder Station	2	5	1000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	7	No	No	No	0.45688%
Boulder Station	2	25	1000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	No	No	Super Fun 21	1.30000%
California	2	5	1000	H	Yes	No	No	No	14	No	No	No	0.60225%
Cannery	2	5	500	H	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	8	No	No	No	0.40374%
Cannery	2	3	500	H	–	–	–	–	1	–	No	Super Fun 21	1.30000%
Club Fortune	2	5	100	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	2	No	No	No	0.45688%
Club Fortune	2	5	100	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	2	No	No	Buster Blackjack	0.45688%
Club Fortune	2	5	100	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	2	No	No	Pair Square	0.45688%
Cromwell	2	25	3000	H	Yes	No	No	No	1	No	No	No	0.60225%
Cromwell	2	50	3000	H	Yes	No	No	No	5	No	No	No	0.60225%
Downtown Grand	2	15	100	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	2	No	No	No	0.45688%
Eastside Cannery	2	5	500	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	4	No	No	No	0.45688%
El Cortez	2	5	1000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	6	No	No	No	0.45688%
Encore	2	50	5000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	2	No	No	No	0.45688%
Excalibur	2	25	1000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	Yes	No	No	1.83038%
Fiesta Henderson	2	4	1000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	5	No	No	No	0.45688%
Fiesta Rancho	2	5	500	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	5	No	No	No	0.45688%
Fiesta Rancho	2	5	500	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	No	No	Lucky Lucky	0.45688%
Fiesta Rancho	2	5	500	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	No	No	Pair Square	0.45688%
Fiesta Rancho	2	5	500	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	No	No	Bet the Set 21	0.45688%
Fiesta Rancho	2	5	500	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	No	No	Bust It Blackjack	0.45688%
Flamingo	2	100	5000	S	Yes	No	Yes	No	1	No	No	No	0.3445%
Flamingo	2	200	5000	S	Yes	No	Yes	No	1	No	No	No	0.3445%
Fremont	2	5	500	H	Yes	No	No	No	6	No	No	No	0.60225%
Gold Coast	2	5	1000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	15	No	No	No	0.45688%
Golden Gate	2	15	5000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	2	No	No	No	0.45688%
Golden Nugget	2	25	5000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	3	No	No	No	0.45688%
Golden Nugget	2	10	2500	H	Yes	No	No	No	4	No	No	No	0.60225%
Green Valley Ranch	2	10	1000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	5	No	No	No	0.45688%
Green Valley Ranch	2	50	5000	H	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	3	No	No	No	0.40374%
Hard Rock	2	25	1000	H	Yes	No	No	No	1	No	No	No	0.60225%
Harrah’s	2	50	2000	H	Yes	No	No	No	1	Yes	No	No	1.97575%
OYO	2	10	1000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	Yes	No	No	1.83038%
Jokers Wild	2	5	300	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	3	No	No	No	0.45688%
Joker’s Wild	2	5	300	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	3	No	No	No	0.45688%
Linq	2	50	5000	H	Yes	No	No	Yes	1	No	No	No	0.55206%
Linq	2	100	5000	H	Yes	No	No	Yes	1	No	No	No	0.55206%
M Resort	2	15	1000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	5	No	No	No	0.45688%
M Resort	2	50	3000	S	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	2	No	No	No	0.20181%
Main Street Station	2	5	1000	H	Yes	No	No	No	9	No	No	No	0.60225%
MGM	2	25	5000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	3	No	No	No	0.45688%
Orleans	2	5	1000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	23	No	No	No	0.45688%
Orleans	2	5	1000	H	–	–	–	–	1	–	No	Super Fun 21	1.30000%
Palace Station	2	5	2000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	10	No	No	No	0.45688%
Palazzo	2	100	15000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	8	No	No	No	0.45688%
Palazzo	2	300	15000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	2	No	No	No	0.45688%
Palms	2	15	1000	H	Yes	No	No	No	1	Yes	No	No	1.97575%
Palms	2	25	2000	H	Yes	No	No	No	2	No	No	No	0.60225%
Palms	2	100	10000	S	Yes	No	No	No	1	No	No	Pair Square	0.398%
Palms	2	1000	20000	S	Yes	No	No	No	1	No	No	Lucky Lucky	0.398%
Paris	2	25	3000	H	Yes	No	No	No	2	No	No	No	0.60225%
Park MGM – NOMad Casino	2	100	10000	S	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	No	No	No	0.25532%
Planet Hollywood	2	25	3000	H	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	1	No	No	No	0.48575%
Plaza	2	25	1000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	No	No	No	0.45688%
Poker Palace	2	1	50	H	Yes	No	No	No	1	Even	No	No	2.79000%
Railroad Pass	2	5	500	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	2	No	No	No	0.45688%
Rampart	2	5	2000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	11	No	No	No	0.45688%
Red Rock	2	5	500	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	4	Yes	No	No	1.83038%
Red Rock	2	10	2000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	12	No	No	No	0.45688%
Red Rock	2	25	3000	H	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	1	No	No	No	0.40374%
Red Rock	2	50	5000	H	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	4	No	No	No	0.40374%
Red Rock	2	10	2000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	No	No	Lucky Lucky	0.45688%
Red Rock	2	10	2000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	No	No	Pair Square	0.45688%
Red Rock	2	10	2000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	No	No	Free Bet BJ	0.45688%
Rio	2	25	3000	H	Yes	No	No	No	2	No	Yes	No	0.60225%
Rio	2	100	5000	S	Yes	No	No	Yes	1	No	Yes	No	0.34685%
Sam’s Town	2	10	1000	H	Yes	No	No	No	1	No	No	No	0.60225%
Sam’s Town	2	25	2000	H	Yes	No	No	No	1	No	No	No	0.60225%
Sam’s Town	2	5	500	H	–	–	–	Yes	13	–	No	Super Fun 21	1.30000%
Santa Fe Station	2	5	1000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	21	No	No	No	0.45688%
Santa Fe Station	2	25	1000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	No	No	No	0.45688%
Santa Fe Station	2	25	2000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	No	No	No	0.45688%
Santa Fe Station	2	5	1000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	No	No	Lucky Lucky	0.45688%
Santa Fe Station	2	5	1000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	No	No	Copy Cat	0.45688%
Santa Fe Station	2	5	1000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	No	No	Pair Square	0.45688%
Silver 7’s	2	10	500	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	No	No	No	0.45688%
Silverton	2	10	1000	H	No	Yes	Yes	No	2	No	No	No	0.45688%
Silverton	2	10	500	H	No	Yes	Yes	No	1	No	No	No	0.45688%
Silverton	2	25	500	H	No	Yes	Yes	No	1	No	No	No	0.45688%
Silverton	2	25	1000	H	No	Yes	Yes	No	2	No	No	No	0.45688%
South Point	2	10	2000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	7	No	No	No	0.45688%
South Point	2	15	2000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	5	No	No	No	0.45688%
South Point	2	25	2000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	9	No	No	No	0.45688%
South Point	2	50	2000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	No	No	No	0.45688%
South Point	2	10	2000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	No	No	Pair Square	0.45688%
Stratosphere	2	25	1000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	No	No	No	0.45688%
Suncoast	2	5	1000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	11	No	No	No	0.45688%
Suncoast	2	25	2000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	No	No	No	0.45688%
Suncoast	2	5	1000	H	–	–	–	–	1	–	No	Super Fun	1.30000%
Texas Station	2	5	500	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	8	No	No	No	0.45688%
The D	2	15	5000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	2	No	No	No	0.45688%
Treasure Island	2	10	1000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	11	No	No	No	0.45688%
Tropicana	2	25	5000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	Yes	No	No	1.83038%
The D	2	10	1000	H	–	–	–	No	2	No	No	Free Bet	0.98000%
The D	2	10	1000	H	–	–	–	No	2	–	No	Super Fun 21	1.30000%
Tropicana	2	15	5000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	3	Yes	No	No	1.83038%
Tuscany	2	5	300	H	–	–	–	–	1	–	No	Super Fun 21	1.30000%
Treasure Island	2	25	5000	S	Yes	Yes	No	No	3	No	No	No	0.25532%
Venetian	2	100	15000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	2	No	No	No	0.45688%
Westgate	2	25	2000	H	Yes	Yes	No	No	1	No	No	No	0.45688%
Wynn	2	100	10000	H	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	5	No	No	No	0.42444%
Wynn	2	50	10000	H	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	1	No	No	No	0.42444%

Where to cash in on player-friendly blackjack games, and how to avoid the bad ones

by Henry Tamburin

The 6-5 payoff rule increases the house edge by almost 1.4 percent. If you’re a $10 bettor, playing a 6-5 game will cost you $3 each time you get a blackjack (and you’ll average roughly four blackjacks per hour), which comes to $12 that you are forking over to the casino bosses every hour.

This month, my column is going to accomplish four things:

1. Provide you with a convenient list of casinos that offer a single-deck blackjack game that pays 3-2 for a blackjack (also known as a “natural”)
2. Give you an accurate single-deck basic playing strategy that you can use to play this terrific game
3. Summarize the casinos in and around Las Vegas that offer the abominable 6-5 single-deck games (so you can avoid them)
4. Give you some advice on how you can help eradicate the awful 6-5 games, which have been spreading like a cancer in casinos throughout the U.S.

Note: The information on which casinos offer single-deck games and the corresponding rules and house edges mentioned in this article were obtained from Current Blackjack News (CBJN), with their permission (www.bj21.com). Casinos can change the rules at any time, so check CBJN for the latest rules and playing conditions in casinos across the country.

In the March 2008 issue of Casino Player magazine, I wrote a detailed column about why the 6-5 single-deck game is bad news for players. Without rehashing all the points that I made back then, let me briefly summarize why this game should be avoided like the plague. The 6-5 payoff rule increases the house edge by almost 1.4 percent (no, that’s not a typo). If you’re a $10 bettor, playing a 6-5 game will cost you $3 each time you get a blackjack (and you’ll average roughly four blackjacks per hour), which comes to $12 that you are forking over to the casino bosses every hour.

That is an atrocity, which is why a smart blackjack player would never play this game.

If you talk to casino bosses about their 6-5 games (which I‘ve done), you get this sort of universal response from them: we know players don’t like the 6-5 games, but as long as they keep playing them, we’d be crazy not to offer them. In a moment, I will give you some tips on how you can help us eradicate the 6-5 games from casinos everywhere. But first, let me discuss the single-deck game that I am encouraging you to play; namely, the game that pays the traditional 3-2 for a natural. It’s available, and I’ll show you where.

The house edge against a basic strategy player in a 3-2 single-deck game is a function of the mix of playing rules. The best single-deck games have h17 (dealer hits soft 17), and allow players to resplit aces. The house edge in this game is a meager 0.13%. Second best is an h17 game without resplit aces (house edge: only 0.18%).

The following chart summarizes the relationship of the rules and the house edge for a basic strategy player in a 3-2 single-deck game. You’d be hard-pressed to find a multi-deck game with these low house edges.

Playing Rules	House Edge (%)
h17, rsa	0.13
h17	0.18
s17, d10	0.29
h17, d9	0.32
h17, d10	0.44

Where would you guess is the most likely place to find a 3-2 single-deck game? If you said Las Vegas, you’d be dead wrong. According to CBJN, there are only four casinos that offer a 3-2 single-deck game in Las Vegas (and unfortunately, 44 casinos in and around Vegas that offer the dastardly 6-5 single-deck games, making Las Vegas the #1 gambling destination with the most 6-5 games).

Table 1 lists the casinos in Las Vegas that offer 3-2 single-deck games. Table 2 is the list of Las Vegas casinos that offer the 6-5 game. Be smart—on your next trip to Vegas, play the juicy 3-2 single-deck game and avoid the terrible 6-5 game in the casinos listed in Table 2.

The areas of the country where the concentration of 3-2 single-deck games is the greatest are Tunica and Vicksburg, MS, and Reno/Lake Tahoe/Wendover, in Nevada. You’ll be delighted to find many casinos in these cities that offer the fair 3-2 single-deck game. (See Table 3 for the list of these casinos.)

Now that you know where to find 3-2 single-deck games, you need to learn the basic playing strategy for them. Table 4 summarizes the strategy where the dealer hits soft 17 (which is the case in the majority of casinos that offer a single-deck game). You should become familiar with this playing strategy, because it’s slightly different than the basic strategy for multi-deck games. If this is your first time playing a single-deck game, I would also recommend that you bring a strategy card with you to avoid making playing mistakes. It’s perfectly legal to refer to a card before you play your hand.

Table 1

Las Vegas Casinos That Offer

3-2 Single-Deck Games

h17 = dealer hits soft 17

d10 = double down only on two-card ten or eleven

rsa = aces may be resplit

Casino	Rules	House Edge
Binion’s	h17, d10	0.44%
El Cortez	h17 (dealt from a shoe)	0.18%
Four Queens	h17, d10	0.44%
Hooters	h17, d10	0.44%
Silverton	h17, d10	0.44%

Note: I’ve had friends in the past play the single-deck games at Binion’s and Four Queens, and they claimed they had a good time. However, Al Rogers, manager at bj21.com, had this to say about the single-deck games at both casinos: “Anyone showing the slightest degree of brain usage at reasonable stakes will not be allowed to play the 3-2 single-deck games at either casino.”

Table 2

The Hall Of Shame: